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MLB’s next ballpark could be in a national park
Major League Baseball has played games in a cornfield, a NASCAR speedway and historic ballparks. Now, the league is apparently wondering whether it can add a national park to the list. MLB approached the Trump administration about holding a regular-season…
How Oprah Winfrey became America’s cultural Oppenheimer
Recently, I learned about a concept called atomic change. The term’s meaning depends on who’s employing it. One professional coach’s website describes it, in so many words, as making discrete adjustments to a business that, over time, lead to its…
Saturday Night Live” returns with “Natalie Harp”: “If you hurt him, I will end you
“Saturday Night Live” kicked off its 52nd season with a familiar Donald Trump impression, an increasingly familiar presidential friendship and a brand-new character: White House aide Natalie Harp. The season premiere opened Saturday with Ramy Youssef reprising his role as…
The women reshaping kitchen culture
For a long time, the image of the chef has been remarkably consistent: a man in a white jacket, barking orders in a hot kitchen and demanding perfection from everyone around him. At the Chef’s Table Festival in Park City,…
The Monkees was our first boy band
Confession: I was never a Beatles girl. Put away your pitchforks, people – a lack of love doesn’t preclude appreciation. After all, without The Beatles, The Monkees wouldn’t exist. And in one of those head-to-head, “One has to go” challenges…
Tim Tebow sold trust. Life Surge borrowed it
When Tim Tebow announced Friday that he was pausing his relationship with Christian wealth-building company Life Surge, the former football star said he had been caught off guard by allegations that the organization used predatory sales tactics to push Christians…
“Primetime” isn’t Chris Hansen’s story — it’s ours
In the mid-2000s, “Dateline NBC” correspondent Chris Hansen became a national sensation for his hidden-camera sting show, “To Catch a Predator.” Shortly after, he became a meme. Given the nature of “To Catch a Predator” — where Hansen applied his…
I didn’t know what I was made for until I made this banana cake
When I graduated from college, I aspired to be a war correspondent and report on the humanitarian crises shaping our time. My life, too unconventional for a husband and kids, would be lived out of suitcases, a dog-eared passport forever…
Fat Bear Week should be every week
A version of this essay first appeared in Crash Course, Salon’s free morning newsletter. Sign up for early access to articles like this, plus more of Salon’s bold journalism on how policies, movements and culture wars affect real people. It’s time to…
How to celebrate Dolly Parton Day with a Southern feast
Over the years, there have been several attempts to give legendary country singer, philanthropist and all-around icon Dolly Parton a commemorative day of her own. In 2019, then-Nashville Mayor David Briley named August 5 Dolly Parton Day in recognition of…